Of Freaks And Men (1998) | Dir. Alexei Balabanov

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Charles Baudelaire  (via thequotejournals)

“I understood the necessity of beauty, of an atmosphere of silence, of a void even in which the imagination might blossom.”

— Meena Alexander, from “Fault Lines,” originally published c. 1993 (via violentwavesofemotion)

This is the secret of the stars, I tell myself. In the end, we are alone. No matter how close you seem, no one else can touch you.

Beth Revis, Across the Universe (via books-n-quotes)

Amélie | dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet | 2001

DoP: Bruno Delbonnel

Kaidan aka Kwaidan (1964)

Director: Masaki Kobayashi Cinematography by Yoshio Miyajima

The Virgin Suicides (1999) | dir. Sofia Coppola | USA

Cinematography by Edward Lachman

The Godfather (1972)

Director: Francis Ford Coppola DoP: Gordon Willis

‘I believe in America’

And later when we got into the car, he took a turn down a street that I was pretty sure was a dead end. ‘Where are we going?’ I asked. ‘I don’t know,’ he said ‘just driving.’ ‘But this road doesn’t go anywhere,’ I told him. ‘That doesn’t matter.’ ‘What does?’ I asked, after a little while. ‘Just that we’re on it, dude.’

Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero (via quotespile)

Hansel and Gretel (2007) | dir. Pil-sung Yim | South Korea

Withnail & I (1987) | dir. Bruce Robinson

The film is a testament to the potency and sadness of friendship and the compromises required for the transition from adolescence to adulthood.

“To pronounce oneself immune to the charms of Withnail & I is to declare oneself a philistine, a Puritan and a snob.” - Kevin Jackson, 2004

At the end of Bruce Robinson’s much-loved journey through the dying months of the 1960s, Withnail (Richard E. Grant) walks Marwood ( Paul McGann ) through Regent’s Park on the way to the station. As his friend vanishes from his life, Withnail stands in the rain and quotes one of Hamlet’s soliloquies to the watching wolves.

Set at the fag-end of the 1960s, Robinson’s comedy of bad manners sees two struggling twentysomething actors – flamboyant, melancholic narcissist Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and his unnamed, unassuming friend (Paul McGann) – pursue booze, recreation, work and the meaning of life in Camden Town and the Lake District. Based on Robinson’s own experiences, this labour of love achieved cult status on the strength of its endlessly quotable dialogue and brilliantly eccentric performances (notably Richard Griffiths’ Uncle Monty and Ralph Brown’s Danny the dealer). The beautifully sodden photography and a cannily evocative pop soundtrack help fix the mood. The script references Bruce Robinson’s own acting work in Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet (1968).